Fantasy Playoffs Analysis

In this epic fantasy playoffs, here were the standings going into the Super Bowl:

Mark 267
Kirat 258
Dave 253

Here were the lineups, excluding common players:

Mark
Brady
Jacobs
Burress
Toomer

Kirat
Brady
Jacobs
Burress
Giants D

Dave
Eli
Moss
Welker
Pats D


Here's the scoring timeline:

In the case of Kirat vs. Mark, Kirat needed the Giants D to outscore Toomer by 9. Around the 4th quarter mark, Toomer had 5 points and Giants D was holding somewhere around 15. But the Pats scored, dropping the defense to 13, and Toomer caught 4th quarter passes to get his total up to 8. Once Moss caught the TD, Kirat didn't have much hope of passing Mark. Although a Brady INT would have give Kirat 2 more points at the end.

As for me vs. Mark...I initially guessed that I was relying on that last Eli touchdown for the win--but that's not the case. In fact, since Mark had Burress and I had the Pats D, that last score actually hurt my score. The key was that Brady was throwing to Welker, while Eli was throwing to Boss and Tyree. At halftime, Welker only had 3 points, but he came up with big catches in the 3rd and 4th quarter. Those last 70 yards for him, were only 3 points for Brady, but 7 for Welker, which turned out to be the difference.

How ironic, that my quarterback almost cost me the game by throwing a touchdown (by hurting my defense's score).